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xenylamine

xenylamine noun: a monoamine isomeric with diphenylamine, obtained as a by-product of aniline manufacture.

Noun

xenylamine (countable and uncountable, plural xenylamines)

  1. A monoamine isomeric with diphenylamine, obtained as a by-product of aniline manufacture.
    • Xenylamine shows less tendency than most other monamines to the formation of substitution-derivatives.1868, Henry Watts, A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences, volume 5, page 1055
    • This replacement represents the transition from the xenylamines and fluorenamines to the aminophenanthrenes.2016, Joseph C. Arcos, Mary F. Argus, Chemical Induction of Cancer, page 62

Forms of xenylamine

pluralxenylamines

Questions about xenylamine

What does xenylamine mean?
Xenylamine means a monoamine isomeric with diphenylamine, obtained as a by-product of aniline manufacture.
What part of speech is xenylamine?
Xenylamine is a noun.
What is the plural of xenylamine?
The plural of xenylamine is xenylamines.

Words near xenylamine in the dictionary

  1. xenusian
  2. xenusians
  3. xenygloxal
  4. xenyhexenic acid
  5. xenyl
  6. xenylamine
  7. xenylamines
  8. xenylic
  9. xenysalate
  10. xer
  11. xer-

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